A Song for Mom, in Your Own Words
Write a song for Mom with her name in the chorus and your memories in the verses. Free lyrics and preview; the full song is $9.99 in two versions.
Make a song for Mom
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One quick check that you're a person:
- Preset on this page
- Occasion Mother's Day, relation Mom, style Piano ballad
- Mother's Day 2027, US and Canada
- Sunday, May 9 (second Sunday in May)
- Mothering Sunday 2027, UK and Ireland
- Sunday, March 7 (three weeks before Easter)
- What goes in the name box
- Her first name, or what you call her: Mom, Mum or Mama
- Sample on the home page
- A song for Siobhan: piano and strings, male voice
- Free on each device
- Up to 8 sets of lyrics a day and one 30-second sung preview a day, no sign-up
- Full song
- $9.99 for two versions of about 2 minutes; three songs for $19.99
- Made with
- Lyrics by Google's Gemini on Google Cloud (Vertex AI); singing and music by Google DeepMind's Lyria
- Relations you can pick
- Partner, wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend, mom, dad, daughter, son, grandma, grandpa, friend, sister, brother, teacher, colleague
- Timing
- Lyrics in a few seconds, the preview in 15 to 30 seconds, the full song usually in about a minute
- AI watermark
- Every song carries Google's SynthID watermark, which is inaudible and doesn't affect how it sounds
- Lyric rules
- Kept warm and kind: the lyric writer is told to write nothing hateful, sexual, violent or mocking
- Delivery
- MP3 downloads and a private share page with the player and the lyrics, hidden from search engines and open only to people with the link; no account, nothing shipped
- The form
- Their name, who they are to you, the occasion, one of 9 styles, a female or male voice, and a story box of up to 600 characters; every line of the lyrics can be edited before the song is sung
- Songs from several people
- Name everyone in the story box, for example "from Anna, Ben and Lucy", and check the lyrics before the song is sung
| Occasion | Style to try | A detail to start with |
|---|---|---|
| Mother's Day | Piano ballad | Something she gave up so you could do something |
| Her birthday | Warm acoustic pop | The age she admits to and the age she acts |
| Christmas | Christmas | Her decorations, the recipe only she gets right |
| Thank you | Indie folk | The time she drove through the night to help |
| Just because | Country | The voice notes she sends instead of texting |
A card says you love her. A song for Mom can say why: the radio in the kitchen, the lunch notes, the way she said your full name when you were in trouble. Tell us a few of those, and Google's Gemini writes original lyrics around them. You edit every line, hear the chorus sung free, then get the full song. The form above is set to Mother's Day as a piano ballad, but it works just as well for her birthday, Christmas or a plain thank you.
What to put in a song for Mom
Pick details she'll recognize straight away. A few that tend to work:
- Something she always says. A phrase in her voice makes a natural chorus line.
- A place. The kitchen table, the car on the school run, her garden.
- A time she showed up. The hospital waiting room, the move, the night she drove three hours to get you.
- What you got from her. Her laugh, her stubbornness, her recipes.
You can put her first name or what you call her (Mom, Mum, Mama) in the name box. Use whichever she'd most like to hear sung.
A song for Mom from a daughter or a son
The singer is an AI voice, not you, so the voice is about sound rather than who the song is from. A daughter might pick a female voice so it sounds like it comes from her, a son a male voice, but there's no rule: our sample for Siobhan on the home page uses a male voice over piano and strings. If the song is from several of you, say so in the story box ("from Anna, Ben and Lucy") and the lyrics can speak for the whole family.
Mother's Day song dates for 2027
In the US and Canada, Mother's Day is the second Sunday in May: Sunday, May 9, 2027. In the UK and Ireland, Mothering Sunday falls three weeks before Easter, on Sunday, March 7, 2027. A Mother's Day song can be made the same morning, since nothing is shipped and the full song is usually ready in about a minute. If her birthday or Christmas comes first, change the occasion in the form.
Other times to give Mom a song
The table above suggests a style and a first detail for each of the usual occasions. A thank-you song works well after a big favor: help with a new baby, a move, a hard year. For her birthday, a lighter style and a little teasing go down well; the lyric writer is instructed to keep it affectionate. For a grandmother, choose Grandma as the relation and the lyrics change to suit.
How to give it to her
- Play it at the table on Mother's Day, before anyone says anything.
- Send the private link with the lyrics; it opens in a phone browser and stays out of search engines.
- Put the MP3 on her phone so she can play it again without the link.
- If she isn't online much, play it for her on a video call.
Frequently asked questions
When is Mother's Day 2027?
Sunday, May 9, 2027 in the US and Canada. Mothering Sunday in the UK and Ireland is Sunday, March 7, 2027.
Can I make a song for my grandma instead?
Yes. Choose Grandma as the relation, and Mother's Day, her birthday or Just because as the occasion.
How much is a song for Mom?
The lyrics and one 30-second preview a day are free. The full song, in two versions to choose between, is $9.99. If you're also making one for a grandmother or a mother-in-law, three songs cost $19.99.
Will she know it was made with AI?
We say so openly. The lyrics come from Google's Gemini and the music from Google DeepMind's Lyria, and every song carries an inaudible SynthID watermark. The details in it are about her, though, and those come from you.